Dina Gottliebova Babbitt (formerly known as Dinah Gottliebova), born January 21 1923 in Brno, Czechoslovakia, is a Holocaust survivor, who is now a US citizen. She resides in Santa Cruz, California.[1] In 1944, while in Auschwitz Concentration Camp, she was ordered by Dr. Josef Mengele to draw portraits of the Gypsies.[2] As of now, seven watercolor portraits survive, all located in the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.[3] Babbitt is requesting the return of her paintings. A Congressional resolution supports her request.[4] The museum rejected her claims.[5] She was the second wife of Art Babbitt, an animator.[6] A petition has been created to help Ms. Babbitt regain her pictures. http://www.petitiononline.com/noogs1/
References
- ^ Press Release of US Congresswoman Shelley Berkley
- ^ NPR report
- ^ A survivor's artwork, but whose to claim? – International Herald Tribune article, by Steve Friess, August 30, 2006.
- ^ [1] [2] Text of the Senate and House resolutions.
- ^ Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum's position statement
- ^ Cartoon Brew
